News brief
Trending topics
- Global Framework Agreements
- Collective agreement
- Skills
- Gender equality
- Artificial intelligence
- Older workers
- CSRD
- Gig workers and the regulation of platforms
- EWC agreements and recast directive
- Corporate sustainability due diligence
- Remote work regulations
- Managing the fallout of Covid-19
- European Framework Agreement
- hybrid work
- Wages
EU: the College of Commissioners consults the social partners on solutions to the crisis
pean social partners (ETUC for unions, BusinessEurope, CEEP and UEAPME for employers) were invited to express themselves at the College of Commissioners on February 25. Talks on possible solutions...
25 February 2009
Netherlands: negotiations on measures to adopt against the crisis
ein Donner, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, called for a total freeze of wages and pensions. This is one of the solutions to be proposed and discussed by the social partners. The Minister...
25 February 2009
International: ILO sectoral meeting on the impact of the crisis on bank employees
nization (ILO) dedicated its tripartite meeting on the financial sector to the impact of the crisis on banking jobs and possible solutions to downplay this impact. The February 24-25 meeting was...
25 February 2009
Netherlands: veil squad against discrimination
Muslim women, member of the Ibnou Khaldoun Islamic foundation, launched a “veil squad of the polders’ Muslims”. These women want to defend their right to wear the veil at work...
25 February 2009
Austria: government prepares for the creation of a “labor foundation” for agency workers
loyment (January 2009) in the sector, Austrian agency workers are the first victims of the crisis. Supported by the social partners, Rudolf Hundstorfer, Minister of Social Affairs and Employment...
25 February 2009
Germany: Schaeffler brings joint management home and breaks a taboo
fects. After objecting to it for several years, the Schaeffler family group announced, on February 23, 2009 in a joint press release with the IG Metall union, that it accepted to extend joint...
25 February 2009
Netherlands: ING’s CEO won’t be paid in 2009
he ING bank, decided to do without remuneration for 2009. A decision will be made for his 2009 salary in 2010, when the policy on bank managers’ pay, currently discussed, is established...
25 February 2009
EU: BusinessEurope opposed to binding measures against environmental tobacco smoke
ion launched by the European Commission at the end of 2008 (see our dispatch No. 090028), BusinessEurope announced that it wasn’t in favor of measures forbidding smoking at work. The...
24 February 2009
EU: Parliament demands better application of the directive on the information and consultation of workers
Ps adopted the report of French MEP Jean-Louis Cottigny (PES, FR) on the application of Directive 2002/14/EC on the information and consultation of workers. The European Parliament deplores Member...
24 February 2009
Denmark: the 3F building union presented wage propositions for posted workers
hed its wage propositions in preparation for a collective agreement on workers posted in Denmark. However, negotiations with employers are at a standstill. (Ref. 090208) 171.40 crowns (€23)...
23 February 2009
EU: MEPs want to extend social liability to the production line
of the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs adopted an own-initiative report inviting the European Commission to propose a legal tool establishing joint and...
23 February 2009
Colombia: unions legally object to the government decree on minimum wage increase
State Council an application for annulment of the decree providing for a 7% minimum wage increase for 2009. Staff representatives want to show that the negotiation process provided for by the law...
23 February 2009
Italy: latest quarterly report of the metallurgy employers’ federation sounds the alarm on the economic situation
ca employers’ federation has been carrying out a quarterly study among a panel of member businesses. The results of the 109th study for the last quarter of 2008 were published on February...
23 February 2009
Spain: employers want freedom to lay off
nsist upon the idea that the only way to curb the rise in unemployment (from 8.5% to 14.5% in one year) is to make dismissals more flexible. They want lower compensation scales and removed...
23 February 2009
Luxembourg: monthly minimum social wage brought up to 1.682,76 euro
the highest in the European Union – will be increased on March 1, 2009 and reach, for unskilled employees aged 18+, 1.682,76 euro a month. (Ref. 090198) Minimum social wage applied to all...
23 February 2009
Belgium: age limits for the right to parental leave raised
uncil of Ministers adopted a royal draft decree allowing workers to take their parental leave until their child is 12. This amendment to the conditions for allowing parental leave was decided...
23 February 2009
Our mind news
France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
Most viewed articles of the month on mind HR
What readers clicked on the most last month.
What readers clicked on the most last month.
1
Greece fifth country to finalise transposition of the Pay Transparency Directive
The info. On 6 July, Greece finalised the transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive with the enactment of the law and its publication in the Official Gazette. Most of its provisions...
20 July 2026
2
EU: the Commission launches the second phase of consultation on quality jobs
Eight months after the first phase, the European Commission finally launched the second stage of consultation with social partners on 20 July for an initiative on quality jobs expected by the end...
21 July 2026
3
Belgium: Government Proposes Annualised Working Time
The news. On 18 July, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a preliminary draft bill introducing annualised working time, allowing hours to be averaged over a full year rather than on a weekly...
22 July 2026
4
France : PwC strengthens its diversity policy despite the shadow of Trump
The info. Questioned by mind HR on the HR strategy of the audit and advisory firm PwC regarding AI (7,000 employees), the HR Director of its France and Maghreb subsidiary Sophie Mouhieddine also...
16 July 2026
5
Poland: decree sets maximum workplace temperatures
The news. On 9 July, Poland’s Minister of Labour, Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, signed a decree introducing new obligations for employers during heatwaves. The regulation establishes...
15 July 2026
6
Belgium: toward an additional five days of leave following the birth of a child
The news. On 18 July, the Belgian federal government approved a draft bill introducing an additional five days of leave following the birth of a child. This entitlement would be added to existing...
23 July 2026